Biology
Soil Fungi Serve as Bacterial Highways and Dating Services
Fungi give bacterial evolution a kick in the pants
Stories by Jennifer Frazer
Biology
The Gorgeous and Bizarre Dandelion Siphonophore [Video]
An ocean treasure to end the year right
Biology
Asian Snails Can Club Predators with Their Shells [Video]
Meek mobile home becomes butt-kicking bludgeon
Biology
A Very Festive and Very Spiny Urchin [Video]
Sea urchin? Or tree topper?
Biology
Guillotined Acorn Worms Simply Regrow Their Heads [Video]
Studying the worms’ miraculous abilities could one day lead to treatments for dementia, paralysis and amputations
Biology
A Mysterious Purple Orb at the Bottom of the Ocean [Video]
Odd purple ball stumps scientists observing it
Evolution
Jaw on the Floor: Entire Chunk of Feathered Dinosaur Discovered in Amber
One-of-a-kind find made in a Myanmar amber market
Evolution
Shark Cages Invented 80 Million Years before Sharks
An early marine worm built dwellings so strange they could be mistaken for a seaweed
Evolution
Leaf Mines Say Southern Hemisphere Recovered Faster from Asteroid
Insect-damaged fossil leaves indicate recovery five million years sooner than the Northern Hemisphere
Biology
Wonderful Things: The Bubblegum Coral and the Whatever [Video]
Even in 2016 scientists can still stumble on large deep-sea creatures that stump them
Biology
Halloween in the Deep: Eerie Critters [Video]
Get yourself in the mood for scary with some creatures from waaaaay down under
Biology
Halloween in the Deep: The Vampire Squid [Video]
Vampire squid don't suck blood, but they do have some rather magical abilities
Evolution
Halloween in the Deep: Mud Monsters [Video]
Not all scary deep sea creatures swim. Some lurk on the bottom
Biology
Halloween in the Deep: The Smaug Octopus [Video]
Tolkien's dragon exists for a moment
Biology
Halloween in the Deep: The Creepy Hermit Crab [Video]
If you had an anemone stuck to your butt with a third pair of appendages, you would look creepy, too
Biology
How the Parachute Flower Commits Fraud [Video]
A flower that smells like fake dying bee scams thieving flies into pollinating it for free
Evolution
Fish out of Water Are Actually Pretty Common [Video]
Terrestrial behavior has evolved in at least 33 families of living fish
Biology
Cliff-Dwelling Bees Carve Their Nests Out of Solid Rock
Sandstone-mining bees even tunnel into abandoned pueblos
Biology
Vast Pile of Plant Skeletons Hides in the Great Barrier Reef
New scans of the structures—termed bioherms—reveal odd nets, rings, and ripples of unknown origin
Biology
Why Lobster Larvae Harpoon-Proof Their Poo
How do you eat a live jellyfish? Verrrrry carefully
